Keep Comments pinned to design elements (including nested)

Unfortunately, there is still no solution for what I believe should be a basic functionality of the software. Somehow, it seems possible in DEV mode with annotations. It would already be helpful if we could at least choose whether to pin a comment to an element. It’s fine if the old functionality remains (as that can also be beneficial at times).

Another point I would like to raise is the ability to place comments that are not visible to the client. Right now, we are forced to misuse annotations in DEV mode to enable internal communication. But simply being able to place the comment in DEV mode would be sufficient, as long as it is not visible in the regular mode.

upvoting please fix this comments still doesnt move with the top frame they stay pinned.

works fine on new frame but doesn’t work on older frames that i made few months back

Another upvote for this. This thread spans back YEARS and as a platform that sells itself on collaboration and teams, not being able to fix comments to specific elements and have them persist in the position they were placed is unacceptable. How many years worth of comments from struggling users is it going to take to get this sorted out? I’m so sick of having to go through files and read and then re-position hundreds of comments after making a change that I’m now actively looking for a way to remove Figma from my UI workflow altogether. Please, Figma, figure this out! It can’t be that hard to allow users to pin a comment to a specific component, frame or nested element that it’d take multiple years to figure it out. Even if I had to slow down my workflow and rename every little thing, I’d do it if meant comments would stick to them!

Holy horrible user experience batman. What is the point of making a collaborative software when that same collaborative software care very easily change appearance with me simply moving an item in an auto layout situation. Making other comments orphaned from their original point of focus.

The fact that this comment thread goes back years tells me that this isn’t a priority on any level. Figma doesn’t care on any level about this. They can say they are looking into it all they want but actions speak louder than words.

They could easily make a comment section in the right hand toolbar that is there when you select an element, problem solved then and then when you open the comments section on the right have them all there with the ability to sort and organize them.

I think I found a work around somehow.
Analysis & Issue:

1. Comment can be sticky to a frame but only top level if nested elements are auto-layout.
2. If there is a frame into a frame it does work ok, without missing the initial position.
   Fix:
   In a matter to keep the comment sticky (I assume if there is not too many as the fix is manual by hand and could be overwhelming for larger number of comments) all is needed to get the frame, section, element out of top level frame then stick the comment & then put it back.

Now, we can’t move anything anymore on the screens, because we would break all the comments. Makes the whole comments thing a gamble to use.

Upvote. 

My current work around - 

When I have a page that has a lot of important comments that I don’t want to lose placement then I will duplicate the page. Comments are not duplicated so I rename the new page. That way I have it for quick reference (I know about version history, this is quicker for me) 

Then I rename the page that has the comments to be my newest version page name. Then I work my way through the comments and resolve as I go. 

Hope this helps you until Figma creates something like a “pin / float feature.”

I completely agree. It’s absurd that Figma hasn’t addressed this issue despite years of requests.

Any organization and serious designer relies heavily on nested frames and auto layouts, as well as comments. It’s shocking that such core features don’t work together.

I know we all get it, but I’m writing this for the Figma team:

The purpose of a comment is to provide feedback on an iterative design, which means designs change frequently. Auto-layout should be used as much as possible to ensure consistent layouts and grids—Figma even encourages this. Without the ability to pin comments directly to individual elements, comments become useless for professional designers or organizations.

Our developers don’t want to say, “The second and third filters called Business and Region on the newly added Sales by Year bar chart (added on Feb 2) aren’t supported by our data model because of XYZ, but the other three filters (Department, Age of Business, and Total Sales) all work.” They want to simply say, “This doesn’t work with our data model,” without finding it misplaced on a different sales chart where those unsupported filters are actually supported, creating complete confusion and much more work down the road.

As you can see, I’m very frustrated about this. Everyone on our team—PMs, developers, and designers—complains about comments moving around and losing their context. Saying they don’t like to comment because they don’t feel it’s useful. Come on Figma...

I’m trying to figure out the Figma comments system.

There seem to be two ways to add a comment:

1. Click to add comment
2. Click and drag to add a comment

With the first model, if I do this and drag the comment pin on top of an element, it will highlight the element, and it seems to become pinned to the element and will move with the element.

With the second model, the comment and it’s associated box are completely disassociated from the elements on the canvas, which as the many commenters here noted, is extremely frustrating when a design has changed shape or position, since none of the comments will move with the change.

I feel like yelling at commenters when they use the second model since it creates so many headaches, but it’s not their fault, so...Figma can you either remove the click-drag-comment altogether or make it so the comment shape is associated with the items on the canvas?

Please, please, pretty please, and thank you.